Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust Law and Commercial and Administrative Law during a hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power”, at the Rayburn House office building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC 29 July 2020
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The chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter agreed to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on October 28.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google and CEO of Alphabet Sundar Pichai And CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey He will testify to Section 230 of the Communications Etiquette Act. This rule protects technology companies from liability for content that users post on their online services, while allowing them to modify it. The session will also cover the topics of privacy and “control of the media”.
The agreement comes after the committee on Thursday voted unanimously to summon the executives if needed.
Republicans have repeatedly called for a Section 230 reform in response to concerns that online platforms such as Facebook, Google’s YouTube and Twitter are censoring conservative voices. The platforms have repeatedly denied that they suppress conservative views or the news, but the platforms have sometimes made mistakes or reversed course in their decision-making decisions, leading to more criticism.
In May, President Donald Trump defied Article 230 before Sign an executive order To suppress “censorship” by social media companies.
Twitter confirmed that Dorsey would participate in the session Via tweet Friday evening. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed Zuckerberg’s participation. A spokeswoman for the committee confirmed that the three would participate on that date.
The hearing will be Zuckerberg and Pichai’s first appearance in front of Congress since the two testified alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos before the House antitrust subcommittee. In July.
–CNBC Lauren Viner Contribute to this report.
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